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WAS HOPING GB COULD ACTUALLY DRFT/SIGN AN OL THAT COULD "MOVEPEOPLE SO THEY COULD MAKE A 3RD AND 1 ON OCCASSION. OH WELL, MAYBE NEXT YEAR

Lacy couldn't push himself away from the buffet table.

I agree the UW long snapper is very likely to make the team.

Not sure I remember a guy who I had higher hopes for after his rookie season and then just digressed like Dillon (of course Savage fits that description).

Eddie Lacy?  I feel like Eddie and Dillon had similar trajectories.  Just kept getting slower and "trippier" every year.

I know that media folks and even Gute says that Morgan has guard potential.  Media reports on "short arms".  Like Bulaga...LOL.
Personally?  I don't see it.  Guard for Morgan.  Especially right guard, the power guard.
I see a LT.  Plain and simple.  The feet, the hands, the bend, it's all there.  If he can kick to a guard spot, I see LG.
I know GB likes to find a way to play their "best 5 OL".  Either way, we've got some nice competition there.

Will have to wait and see how Lloyd picks up the offense and if he can be counted on in pass protection. I do expect him to get snaps from Dillon at some point in the season. Will see how he looks in preseason. Not sure I remember a guy who I had higher hopes for after his rookie season and then just digressed like Dillon (of course Savage fits that description).

I like the Morgan pick.  Should be an immediate starter at RG and gives the team some insurance in case Walker doesn't work out.   Along with signing Dillard our line suddenly looks to have alot of versatility to it.

Lloyd was a pick for the future, just like Dillon was when we took him.   Probably a game day inactive most of the year unless he can play teams. 

The real highlight is what we did at ILB and safety.   They have created a ton of competition at those spots. 

I think that Donovan Jennings, UDFA has a great chance to make the team.  OSD is right in my book, he is like "the one" we have that looks legit.  He's a guard to me, he has a nice base to him and he really uses his hands well.  6'5'' 330 pounds.  8.93 RAS.
PFF scores from 2023....  Pass Block:  82.  Run Bock:  64.8.  And that is a pretty typical split for GB offensive linemen.

Outside of him, GB signed that long snapper from UW.  Bowden.  I could easily see him winning that battle and making the roster.

Saw an interview today with Mike Tomlin. They picked Payton Wilson later in Rd 3 and Tomlin said their Dr's were very comfortable with Wilson medicals. Will see. Also noticed Cedric Gray was picked early in the 4th rd. Another LB who I thought might end up with the Packers. Oh well in Gute we trust!!!  Hoping at the minimum,Hopper can be a core ST guy for his rookie year. 

UDFAS LOOK RATHER MEH. USALLY HAVE A GREAT RAS OR 2  THE ONE OT LOOKS DECENT AND THE KICKER IS VERY ACCURATE AND SHOULD COMPETE THE REST LOOK LIKE CAMP PLAYERS BASED ON MEASUREABLES.

Lloyd should be replacing Dillon this year with that draft status.  Again, I didn't like taking a RB in the third round this year.  I feel like RB's who were very similar were going to go in rounds 4 and 5 making them a better value in this weak RB class.  And if you want one for the future, next year's draft class looks better already than this year's class.

That being said, I hope he does something for us and proves me wrong.

But, it looks to me like the third round curse still lives in GB.  It went on a vacation last year, but it was clearly present this year.

Vegas-  Hopper was also a surprise pick. Not sure what the big "It factor" was on him. Seems like a "tweener" with his size/speed etc. Certainly not a tackling machine in college. Will see.  Yes, Floyd did have ball security issues in school and that needs to be cleaned up but plenty of other things to like about him. Size/speed ratio..one of the better backs in college in missed/breaking tackles. can catch the ball etc. etc.  I think he will be getting more snaps than Dillon by the end of the year if he can correct the fumbling issue..The more I read and see about Monk the more I like him.  

I kinda hoped they'd found some real kicking talent in a later round.

Well.  What a weekend.  Meat and potatoes draft for GB.
I didn't like the Morgan pick in round one.  However....the drop off from him to any tackle they could have taken with their second, second round pick would have been extreme.
The drop off from DeJean (safety) to Bullard is not extreme at all.  Maybe even even, maybe.  So I get the pick.  To me, Morgan is like Bakh in that they both moved really well.  On balance.  More pass block than run block.  Athletic.  So I get where GB had him higher on their board.  

Round two is the one we absolutely nailed.  I have little doubt our new DC pointed at Cooper and said "Me Want!".  Then he looked at Bullard and said "Me Need!".  Really, two perfect picks.

Then I thought we really messed up the third round.  Which should have been expected.  Only Kraft has beaten that curse.  Lloyd fumbles.  Hopper?  I didn't even consider him a draft prospect until the 5'th round or later.  Hope I'm wrong on both.

I know nothing of Evan Williams, but their 10 year old specialty bourbon is about $350-$400/bottle and it is smooth and excellent.  And we needed another safety.  I read glowing things about him prior to the draft, so we shall see.

Monk is very interesting.  He's a plus athlete.  I see a center there.  Our coaching staff is going to love him with that brain and those feet.

Oladapo looks like what we've always wanted from our later round safeties and UDFA safeties.  6'2'' big hitter but can cover a little.  They've never worked out.  But, he's a hybrid S/LB.  We shall see if this one actually works for us.

Glover.  Gross.  He needs a year with a trainer to get NFL strength and an NFL body.   I like that UDFA kid we got better.  Jennings.

Pratt.  Really a sleeper of a pick.  I don't know that he's much different than McCarthy.  Maybe JJ throws a better deep ball, but he had a better o-line, too.  I like Pratt, thinking he pushes Clifford to the PS.

Kalen King.  Now GB is just trolling us fans.  What a terrible corner in 2023.  Just putrid.  2022?  Man, the kid looked like he could be a first round pick.  Played poorly in 23.  Tested poorly.  But what a great lottery ticket in the 7'th.  His 2022 play was just out of this world good, so what the heck happened?  (Besides Marvin Harrison Jr)  Guess we will find out.  In camp he's going to go against some serious WR's.  If he cannot bounce back to his 2022 form, he'll be gone quickly.

"One of the benefits of Bill Belichick and Nick Saban retiring is that they are both contributing to NFL draft broadcasts this season. Saban, the seven-time national champion, went out of his way to praise one of the Green Bay Packers’ selections on Friday, just one day after Belichick stated that Arizona offensive lineman was a clear-cut left tackle in the NFL."

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